[PLUG] Controling Network Interfaces

Mike Connors mconnors1 at gmail.com
Wed Apr 11 21:12:57 UTC 2012


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> > > That's not what I meant. I should have written "have you deleted the
> > > static ip config stanza from /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf file and then
> tested
> > > net connectivity over wifi.?"
> >
> >    No. The eth0 interface needs to come down when wlan0 is up, even if
> eth0
> > is not running. eth0 is needed on the lan.
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Yes, I understand that and that's why I'm suggesting to either delete or
comment out (#) the eth0 stanza from /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf. Thdn upon
boot, eth0 will not be brought up and a def route via its interface won't
be injected into the routing table. As I mentioned a temporary fix would
then be to create a rc.inet1.bak file that you copy over rc.inet1.conf when
you want to connect to a wired eth lan.

I believe the static ip config of eth0 is what's causing the problem. I'm
not sure if it's the net mgmt software, the driver or the OS itself that
isn't dealing correctly with it. When I create a static ip config for eth0
it behaves in mostly the same way with the exception that packets aren't
being routed out via eth0 even though there's a def gwy for eth0 in the
routing table.


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